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Spiritedness

Spirited \Spir"it*ed\, a.

  1. Animated or possessed by a spirit. [Obs.] ``So talked the spirited, sly snake.''
    --Milton.

  2. Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.

    Note: Spirited is much used in composition; as in high-spirited, low-spirited, mean-spirited, etc.

    Syn: Lively; vivacious; animated; ardent; active; bold; courageous. [1913 Webster] -- Spir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Spir"it*ed*ness, n.

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spiritedness

n. The property of being spirited, of having spirit.

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spiritedness

n. quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous [syn: animation, invigoration, brio, vivification]

Usage examples of "spiritedness".

Among the many friends I had made in the other States there was none I admired more for her public spiritedness than Miss Vida Goldstein.

Consortium which, in an act of supreme public spiritedness paid off the loan to the bank and took it on for you.